NEW DELHI, July 3 : The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands will make the internet less safe for legitimate businesses and carry global ramifications.Soaring smartphone and internet use has coincided with a worsening problem of online fraud in India, the world's most populous nation. It's a key challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which last year received 2.4 million complaints of alleged cyber fraud amounting to $2.4 billion.Starting in 2019, lawsuits were brought by dozens of Indian and global firms - Amazon against fake shopping sites trading on its name and McDonald's complaining against bogus sites offering franchises. In December, an Indian court blocked more than 1,100 such websites.The New Delhi judge however went further, ordering sweeping new measures that tech experts say have rewritten rules of internet governance: Domain sellers should not offer buyers free privacy protection by default, the buyer's details should be released to anyone with a "legitimate interest" within 72 hours, and website addresses that are variations of protected brand names must be prohibited.
Exclusive-World's biggest domain seller fears India's fake site crackdown could damage internet
NEW DELHI, July 3 : The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands will make the internet less safe for legitimate businesses and carry global ramifications.Soaring smartphone and internet use has coincided with a worsening p










